Milk bottle crate



1933- .C. A. SNYDER 1,929,041

MILK BOTTLE CRATE Filed Oct. 7. 1951 4 Sheets-Sheet l 2 43 552 INVENTOZZ ,2. C/Zarleso 5/7542? C A. SNYDER Oct. 3, 1933.

MILK BOTTLE CRATE 1 Filed Oct. 7, 1931 4 sheet 2 fNVENTOJZ alarzesug nydar y Oct. 3, 1933. c, A SNYDER 1,929,041

MILK BOTTLE CRATE Filed Oct. 7, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 .72 1 ,e/ y W 27 [NVZNTOJZ A? 18 'y aiariesa sigder 2/ ma/MM Oct. 3, 1933. c SNYDER MILK BOTTLE CRATE Filed Oct. 7, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOZZ I diarzesu nyafisr 5/ I Patented a. 3, 1933 Application 0 mg 7, 191,., Serial No. 567,496

'Myfinvention relates ta new" and provments in milk Bottle cratefand'has; for one of its objeetstol'construct such a cr ate pi tw'o2;units which when placed together form a complete 3 crateu'ncljidirig tame separators and spacers or partitions,- bottle supports, and s hields orfprotectors for thelower edges of the body sidsrarad d w th? w i qstt a s of the 1999s.

walls. e i a l Another bjetpr the invention is {t6 provide aerate K th h r t rde dl: 9 istmv eq e qm t fi jd a sz st r anflw body; or ar compined bottom; interior structure and a protector-Tor the-body will pea device for applicatiod to aerate; orv box which is produced; as" an rindependent or sepaaw s e w iue t h fi .fes aned together io rogmpletion of theprateg; 1 -Anbthemobjet of the invention is to provide a simple and efiective means for connecting the separators and spacers-to each other.

- o e ee ar sm, 19mm;

a corner-post -oi uniqne fqrmation.

9 A furthenobj invention -to} provide shields wb o e t lower ed e of the orate body-*whiohwill" {any protect the from damage andprovide a smooth hard sur faoe fer olidingfiheerate over floors, platforms, sliding boards and the like. n j

Astill-41:rthe,r-obiect of the present invention iswto' producethe iower end oi!- each corner oifeetwtcr zlroviele a chamber for the ends 01 eontiguous proteetorsmr shields rand leaye rmforentrance-oi. a lug on-the post -o1 another crate-when said of each 7 v V V --With-these'and*other. M in yiem-this inYEQj: tiorr consists' in tl'le details-oi construction and crates are; staclged on top combination 0; elements =:her.emaaer set forth and then speeiflcally=designated-by the claims"? j order= that thoee-$illed=-in;the ;art to whichthis invention appeitains imay understand how to rmkeand use the same; Iywilk describe its;

eomtructien in detaii; 'referringby numerals'to thie mompanyingadrawings' forming a part of tmaappiicatibn';in whichz-w mg; i isiw-mtums plsm-view-er a milk bottle ciiteicoiihtrueted in accordance with one form of my invention;

HgI-Z is msiae eievatiommereor is wperspective flew looking en-the top thereof of the bottoihunit as w appears when' mowe -nets meow and ons" 01' the shields or mtebibrs'iemgfiartfy'bfokerr mvay Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the sepawithian'outwardly projecting offset 26 to 01m a;

a claims- (01.217 19 rators prior 12. .the assembly of'spa'cers thereon. a fragmentary. side elevationioriedge viewotoneof the spacers. .J. v. V 1 Fig. 6 a fragmentary sectional view at the point offconnection oft-one, oi. the spacers with a separator; 1 s a i Fig. 7 is an upper ehdview; of one of the corner posts on an' enlarged scale. Q. .t

' Fig. 8 is a side elevation thereof. it 4 t t .i Fig. 9 is aibottoznend'yiew of the same. 1 255g. l0xis a fiagmentaryelevation looking .to-.. ward one oI"the side edges. 1 9

I ",Fig. 11 is a perspective yiew on a1 reducedscal' forur of bottom unit."

f'jj mli is an enlarged side elevation "of one of the -ribs .used in ,forming'the bottom unit illustrated'injFl'g.

l"ig;.15. is a topiplan view of Fig. 14. so .Eig. 16 is a side elevationpn a reducedscale of aJduplex rib structure. .i. In carrying out my invention as herein em; bodied, 20 1:epresents the corner posts produced in the general 9 conflgurationliof angle irons with; spacing ribs if 2Liorme'd on .tlieiryouter .'.surfaces between" which jthe slats '22 forming the .sides 2& and'ends' 24' of.v the box or'cratebOdyniay positioned and then 'held by suitable .fastening means passing through the ends for theslats and ho1esf25 inthe sides of said corner-rpostaim flheslats next .to the uppermost ones-either at the sides, ends or both may be eliminated asi shown inFig. .2, in order thatthe uppermost slats o'f"th'e'body walls may be used ashandhnlds forlifting the crate, or said slats may be installed and some of" theni provided .iwithinotched out portions to produce the hand .holdssq It is to be understood that many of the lea-n tm of my invention maybe utilized ev'eniwhere the'"crate"tbody is niadeoflsolidrwood or metal walls? In 'the lattertcase, the. cornergposts would be formed without the spacingfribs 21.: t g.

"'The'lowerend of each corner post is. provided.

chamber 27 for a purposefto,'be presentlyisdei-t scribed and incidentally, said 'ofiset "produce-ma shoulder 28' which'may o'rmmay noti beeutilized,

fofia special purpose;- The upper end of each corner post is provided with a guide lug 29 for 0 March 24, 1931, Serial No. 524,812.

The parts thus far described are only the ones used in making up the crate body unit and consist principally of the four'corner' posts and the end and side walls and where the latter are made up of slats as shown herein, said slats are positioned between the spacing ribs 21 and are thus properly spaced so that it becomes unnecessary for a working man to make measurements for spacing purposes so that considerable time is saved in constructing a crate and in addition each slat is supported by the spacing ribs along the top and bottom edges at both ends in addition to the support derived from the attaching means. The attaching means may be in the form of rivets and they also pass throughthecornerplates 31 superimposed on the exterior corners of the body. Due to the ofiset 26 in'the corner posts, the lowermost slats of the side and endwalls are thinner than the others so that the exterior surfacesof all the slatswill be flushed.

The bottom'unit'illustrated in Fig. 3, includes side and end shields or protectors 32 and 33 'respectively,. and .when in place"prevent the lower edges of :the body sides and ends or the lower edges of the lowermost slats of the sides and ends of the crate body against damage from contact with other objects, such as other'crates, parts of wagons or cars and hardfloors. t

The protectors arein the generalform of angle irons and-may be actually. produced from angle irons with the ends of the outwardly projecting flanges :cut' away to provide the apertures 34 which will. register with. the lowermost spacing ribs 21 of coacting corner posts and the'forma tion of said apertures leaves extensions 35 at the endslof .iherupstanding flangesso asto: fit the interior corners of coacting corner posts as shown Fig. 1, and in order to have the faces of the protectors inengagement with the coacting' inner I surfaces of the side and end walls of the'crate body, said extensions 35 maybe bent out of, line with-the balance of the upstanding-flanges in order to fit around the coacting walls of the corner 4 posts and so that the surfaces of the upstanding flanges of the protectors whichicontact the body walls will be flushed with thei outer surfaces of the-corner post walls;

The protectors are fastened by. the same attachingmeans 30 used in securing the body walls place by the same fastening'means utilized for of the corner posts for which reason the lowermost slats of a slattedcrate body are left unfastened until the bottom unit is placed in position. It is not :imperativethat the protectors be secured in ratelyrfromzeachother or they may be formed or produced asa single protector frame 36 as shownin' Fig. 11, but since all'of the parts are.

the same, identical -reference numeralswill be M used.

It might be-well to state at time that wher ever possible without sacrificing strength; the

parts-may. be' cut away to reduce the weight of.

the structure andin' this respect much of the upstanding flanges ofthe side protectors may be eliminated, leaving only sufficient materialfor fastening the parts together. Betweenthe end protectors 33 are strung bottle supporting wires 37 and on thesemay be mounted separators 38- produced'from sheet material s 1,929,041 the purpose described in my application filed and having their ends bent out at right angles tothe main parts to provide flanges by which they may, if found desirable be fastened to the side protectors 32 as well as to the sides of the crate body after the bottom unit has been assembled in said crate body.

The separators divide the interior of the crate transversely into a number of compartments and said compartments are subdivided by spaces 39 which are preferably arranged in pairs with the elements of each pair spaced. vertically and said elements of each pair of spacers may be connected together at one end as shown in Fig. 3, although it will be obvious that said elements might be separate from each other, so that both ends of each spacer or spacer element will be alike.

" The spacers and separators may be connected together in any suitable manner but in Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive, I have shown the separators as having sections partially cut therefrom and bent out to form'clips 40 and provideapertures 41 through which 'the spacers-39 are projected endwise. Each spacer has side flanges '42 provided with notches 43 which register with edges of the apertures 41 after which the clips 40 are bent in to hold the spacers against accidental displacement. The" apertures 41 are of suff cient size to permit spacers to passtherethrough until such'time as the'notches 43 align with the panel portions of the separators but said apertures will then be closed by the clips 40 and willprevent vertical movement of the'spacers and the latter being within the 'apert'ures 41 horizontal movement is prevented, and due to the registration of the posts after which the; crate is ready for use. As before'stated some of the otherparts can be fastened together and'to'the body unitif found desirable. r

r In lieu of the separators previously described, any other suitable style can be used and therefore rmve illustrated one of another form in Fig.12,' which is designated by the numeral 44 and in such separator. a number of lips 45 which are produced by partially cutting sections from the separator panel and bending them out at right angles so thatsp'acers may be superimposed thereon'and fastened by securing means passing through the spacers and said lips. The-spacers inall instances may be similar to those heretofore described and illustrated in the drawings or 'theymay'be flat strips, either straight or having curved: bent up or out out portions or wires.

Where the separators are of sufficient heightbe fastened to the wallsof the'crate fasten-the ends of the protectors to the comer bottle supports intermediate their ends.

For this purpose, I have illustrated in Figs. 13, 14 and 15, ribs 48 produced from flat strips of metal having their ends bent and turned so that the faces of the ends are at right angles to the faces of the intermediate parts as well as said ends being at right angles to said intermediate parts.

These ribs are connected with the bottle supports and the latter are connected to the end protectors and, if found desirable, the ends of the ribs 48 may be fastened to the side protectors.

By forming the ribs as a duplex element as shown in Fig. 16 and designated by the numeral comer posts when the crates are stacked on top of each other.

Of course I do not wish to belimited to the exact'details of construction as herein shown, as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the'spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is:-

1. A-crate comprising a body unit including corner posts and abottom unit including protectors for the lower edges of the crate walls and means for securing the. protectors to the corner posts for securing the bottom unit in place.

2. A milk bottle crate consisting of a body unit including corner posts and a bottom unit secured to the corner posts including bottle supporting means and means to keep the bottles separated from each other.

3. A milk bottle crate, comprising corner posts having the lower ends offset to provide chambers, side and end walls securedto said corner posts, angular protectors disposed on the inside and under the lower edgesof the crate walls, the ends of said protectors being bent out of line and positioned in the chambers in the lower ends of the corner posts and means to secure the ends of the protectors to said corner posts.

CHARLES A. SNYDER. 

